2003 FIA Sportscar Championship

The 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season was the seventh season of FIA Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the third and final series to carry the FIA Sportscar Championship name. The series was open to prototype style sportscars competing in two classes, SR1 and SR2, based on power and weight. Titles were awarded for drivers, constructors and teams in both classes. The series began on April 13, 2003 and ended September 21, 2003 after 7 races.

2003 FIA Sportscar Championship
Previous: 2002 Next: none

Schedule
Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 Estoril 2 Hours 30 Minutes Autódromo do Estoril April 13
2 Lausitz 2 Hours 30 Minutes EuroSpeedway Lausitz May 10
3 Gran Premio Lotteria (500 km) Autodromo Nazionale Monza June 29
4 Oschersleben 2 Hours 30 Minutes Motopark Oschersleben July 20
5 Donington 2 Hours 30 Minutes Donington Park August 10
6 1000 km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps August 31
7 Nogaro 2 Hours 30 Minutes Circuit Paul Armagnac September 21

Season results
Rnd Circuit SR1 Winning Team SR2 Winning Team Results
SR1 Winning Drivers SR2 Winning Drivers
1 Estoril #16 Pescarolo Sport #52 Lucchini Engineering Results
Jean-Christophe Boullion
Stéphane Sarrazin		 Mirko Savoldi
Piergiuseppe Peroni
2 Lausitz #1 Racing for Holland #52 Lucchini Engineering Results
Jan Lammers
John Bosch		 Mirko Savoldi
Piergiuseppe Peroni
3 Monza #1 Racing for Holland #61 Team Jota Results
Jan Lammers
John Bosch		 John Stack
Sam Hignett
4 Oschersleben #5 RN Motorsport #52 Lucchini Engineering Results
Andy Wallace
Hayanari Shimoda		 Mirko Savoldi
Piergiuseppe Peroni
5 Donington #1 Racing for Holland #52 Lucchini Engineering Results
Jan Lammers
John Bosch		 Mirko Savoldi
Piergiuseppe Peroni
6 Spa #25 Audi Sport Japan #52 Lucchini Engineering Results
Tom Kristensen
Seiji Ara		 Mirko Savoldi
Piergiuseppe Peroni
Filippo Francioni
7 Nogaro #16 Pescarolo Sport #52 Team Sovereign Results
Franck Lagorce
Soheil Ayari		 Ian Flux
Mike Millard

Drivers Championship

SR1 Standings

Victory in the SR1 class was awarded to Jan Lammers and John Bosch who shared the wheel of a Dome S101 Judd entered by the Racing for Holland team.

SR2 Standings

The SR2 Drivers Championship was won by Piergiorgio Peroni and Mirco Salvodi who drove for Lucchini Engineering.

Constructor Championship

SR1 Standings

Victory in the SR1 class was awarded to Japanese constructor Dome.

SR2 Standings

The SR2 Constructors Championship was won by Lucchini.

Teams Championship

Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 except at the Spa 1000 km, where points are granted for the leaders at halfway as well as the leaders at the end of the race. Only the highest placing car within a team earned points towards the championship.

SR1 Standings
Pos Team Car Engine Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total [1]
1 Racing for Holland Dome S101 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 6 10 10 8 10 10 8 62
2 Pescarolo Sport Courage C60 Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6 10 14 10 34
3 RN Motorsports DBA4 03S Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 8 10 8 26
4 Audi Team Goh for Belgium Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 20 20
5 Taurus Sports Racing Lola B2K/10 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 6 10 16
6 Automotive Durango Durango LMP1 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 5 5 10
7 Klass Zwart Ascari KZR-1 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 8 8
Promec Engineering Promec PJ119 Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6 8 8
9 GLV Racing Ferrari 333 SP Judd GV4 4.0L V10 6 6
10 R&M R&M SR01 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 5 5
11 Gianfranco Trombetti Promec PJ119 Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6 4 4
Earl Goddard Reynard 01Q Judd GV4 4.0L V10 4 4

SR2 Standings
Pos Team Car Engine Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total [1]
1 Lucchini Engineering Lucchini SR2002 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 10 10 10 10 20 60
2 Pir Competition Pilbeam MP84 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 6 8 4 6 8 32
3 GP Racing Lucchini SR2001 Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 8 8 8 24
4 Team Jota Pilbeam MP84 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 5 5 10 3 23
5 Palmyr Lucchini SR2000 Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 5 16 21
6 Team Sovereign Rapier 6 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 6 10 16
7 SCI Lucchini SR2000 Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 6 8 14

References
  1. FIA Championship Classifications – 2003 Retrieved from web.archive.org on 1 November 2009
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